Meat compressor



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Patented Feb. 19, 1924.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MEAT COMPRESSOR.

Application filed June 10, 1921. Serial No. 476,590.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that We, ALEXANDER RIsrEL and LOUIS C. LIEDTKE, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Meat Compressor, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be used for compressing ground meat into cakes, for

the purpose of forming meat-blocks, scrapple or ponhas, and wurst of various kinds.

The device embodies a relatively fixed but adjustable abutment, and a pressure member located therebeneath, and one object of the invention is to provide novel spring means for advancing the pressure member with respect to the abutment. Another object of the invention is to provide a novel stepby step adjustment between the abutment and the receptacle wherein the abutment is located, the object being to vary the position of the abutment with respect to the top of the receptacle,

and with respect to the pressure member,

to the end that the pressure member will exercise its oflice in connection with difierent quantities of meat. A further object of the invention is to provide novel means for reinforcing the abutment,

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices ofthat sort to which the invention appertains. v Although but one form is shown in the drawings, it is to be understood that a mechanic, having the disclosure before him,

and working within the scope 'of what is claimed, may make changes in the precise structure depicted and described, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 shows in top plan, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a side elevation; Figure 3 is a top plan, the abutment having been removed; Figure 4 'is a section on the line 44 of Figure 1.

- The device embodies a receptacle 1 including a bottom 2, sides 3, and ends 4 and 5, 5: the end 4 being wider than the .end 5, and portions 6 of the sides 3 converging toward the end 5. Notches or openings 7 'are formed in the end 4, the end 5 having a notch 8. A keeper 9 is secured to the end 5 below the notch 8, and keepers 10 are secured to the end 4 below the notches 7. The bottom 2 of the receptacle carries tubular sockets 11 closed at their lowerv ends as shown at 12.

A relatively fixed but adjustable abutment plate 14 is disposed in the receptacle 1 and conforms to the shape thereof, as shown in Figure 1. A reinforcing member 15 extends lengthwise of the abutment plate 14 and has forks 16 located at the'wider end of the abutment plate, the reinforcing member and its forks being attached to the abutment plate 14 by securing elements 17. The reinforcing member 15 is twisted at 18 to form an upwardly inclined finger 19 adapted to be received in the notch 8 of the end 5. The forks 16 are twisted at 20 to form upwardly inclined fingers 21 adapted to be received in the notches 7 of theend 4. The numeral 22 marks a latch having teeth 23 adapted to engage the keeper 9 and provided at its upper end with ears 24 between which the finger 19 extends. Latches 25 are provided, the said latches having teeth 26 adapted to engage the keepers 10. The upper ends of the latches'25 are overlapped on the fingers 21. Pivot elements 27 connect the ears 24 of the latch 22 with the finger 19, and connect the upper ends of the latches 25 with the fingers 21.

A movable pressure member 28 is located in the receptacle 1,. beneath the abutment plate 14 and is of the same shape as the I abutment plate, the pressure member being shaped to fit closely but slidably in the receptacle 1. S ring means is provided for advancing the pressure member 28 toward the abutment plate 14, and this sprmg means may be of any desired sort; If preferred, helical springs 29 may be seated n the sockets 11, the springs exerting an upward thrust on the plate or pressure member 28. A second spring is provided, the

same embodying an intermediate .portion 30 and diverging resilient arms 31 at the ends of the intermediate portion, the upper arms bearing against the pressure member 28, and the lower arms bearing against thevbottom 2 of the receptacle 1. One of the lower arms may be attached by securing elements 32 to the bottom 2 of the receptacle Either the springs 29, or the sprlng 30-31 may be used alone or both may be used together I or the like is placed on the pressure member 28, the abutment plate 14 is disposed in the receptacle 1 and is pushed downwardly until the springs 29 or 31 are compressed, the meat.

being put under pressure, and the latches 25 and 22 being engaged with their respective keepers 10 and 9. There is an advantage in providing astep by step adjustment between the latches and the keepers, in that, thus, the position of the abutment plate 14 with respect to the top of the receptacle and with respect to the pressure member 28, may be adjusted, thereby making a compression of the springs possible, even though the amount of meat may vary. The liquid in the meat will drain into the space below the pressure member 28 and the cake will be comparatively dry when removed from the compressor.

Reverting to Figure 1, it will be observed that the abutment plate 14 is wider at one end than at the other. In order to secure adequate reinforcement of the plate, the forks 16 are provided, two latches 25 being provided at the wider end of the plate, and one latch 22 being provided at the narrower end of the plate, because greater security is required at the wider end. than at the narrower end.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. In a device of the class described, a receptacle, an abutment in the receptacle, means for connecting the abutment releasably with the receptacle, a pressuremember movable in the receptacle toward the abutment, and a plurality of springs cooperating with the pressure member to advance the pressure member toward the abutment, the bottom of the receptacle having a socket wherein one of the springs is received.

2. In a device of the class described, a receptacle, an abutment in the receptacle, means for connecting the abutment releasably with the receptacle, a pressure member movable in the receptacle toward the abutment, and a plurality of springs cooperating with the pressure member to move the pressure member toward the abutment, one of said springs embodying an intermediate portion provided at its ends with diverging arms, certain of the arms bearing against the bottom of the receptacle and others of 1t)he arms bearing against the pressure memer.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto afiixed our signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER RISPEL. LOUIS C. LIEDTKE. Witnesses:

F. Ia. Srnrson, CHRISTIAN KARL. 

